State Troopers Out in Force

3 years ago

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- State troopers will be out in force to make sure the estimated 6 million Ohioans traveling this July 4th holiday get where they need to go safely.

"What we see normally over the July 4th weekend is an uptick in impaired driving-related arrests and crashes so that's definitely something that we're going to be focusing on," said Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Anne Ralston.

Last year 263 people were arrested for OVI during the July 4th holiday. There were 87 crashes involving an impaired driver. Ralston says the goal is to lower those numbers this year. To do that they'll be looking for crash-causing violations.